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the united states has reinstated its ambassador to myanmar and has been rolling back economic sanctions on this country to now encourage is civilian governments. it's not just the united states that's been rolling back these economic sanctions that were in place for many, many years. the union announced there could be easing of sanctions. what is interesting to note is that mr. obama is visiting asia during a very difficult time in the middle east and also while he is engaged in very difficult negotiations with conservatives, congressional republicans over the looming fiscal cliff which takes effect january 1st. there's been some criticism of mr. obama of taking this trip against the background of domestic issues as well as the conflict in gaza. nonetheless, the administration says this is part of the long term view. it's part of the united states pivot towards asia and they can multitask and deal with the crisis of the day. they are looking at the long view here which is why mr. obama is now visiting myanmar along with the u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton. he'll only be on the
the united states has reinstated its ambassador to myanmar and has been rolling back economic sanctions on this country to now encourage is civilian governments. it's not just the united states that's been rolling back these economic sanctions that were in place for many, many years. the union announced there could be easing of sanctions. what is interesting to note is that mr. obama is visiting asia during a very difficult time in the middle east and also while he is engaged in very difficult...
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russian ambassador vitaly churkin offered a veiled criticism of the united states. >> some members -- one member of the security council, i'm sure you can guess which, indicated sort of quite transparently that they will not be prepared to go along with any reaction of the security council. >> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon spoke after meeting in cairo with his counterpart on the arab league, nabil al arabi. >> my message is clear -- both sides must halt firing immediately. further escalating the situation will put the entire region at risk. >> ban will again call for a cease-fire when he visits israel. >>> three major countries in asia -- japan, china, and south korea -- have agreed to start talks for a free-trade agreement. they're putting aside territorial disputes between japan and the two ore nations. japan's trade minister, yukio edano, china's commerce incity, chen deming, and bark tae-ho met in phnom penh tuesday on the sidelines of the east asia summit. they said further economic development in east asia will benefit the three countries amid the european credit crisis tha
russian ambassador vitaly churkin offered a veiled criticism of the united states. >> some members -- one member of the security council, i'm sure you can guess which, indicated sort of quite transparently that they will not be prepared to go along with any reaction of the security council. >> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon spoke after meeting in cairo with his counterpart on the arab league, nabil al arabi. >> my message is clear -- both sides must halt firing...
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the united states can help to provide assurances. we can't make decisions for the two parties. >> ambassador dennis ross, thank you for your time today. >>> the president is splitting his time with the events in the middle east as he's in asia. mike joins us right now. as you and i were talking about last hour, the priorities that are happening outside the theater of asia certainly are numerous, but then there are the issues of asia itself. you and i both know that there was a move of middle east/u.s. forces to asia for a reason. >> well, that's absolutely right. the administration has promised to borrow a phrase as it relates to relationships with russia to reset the relationship with asia. part of this is an effort, yes, to contain the political, economic, and even military influence growing of china. that's not really a new story. there are geographic disputes, the islands in the south china s sea. we call them the spratly islands. a number of nations have a claim to those. the president is also breaking ground here. this is a com
the united states can help to provide assurances. we can't make decisions for the two parties. >> ambassador dennis ross, thank you for your time today. >>> the president is splitting his time with the events in the middle east as he's in asia. mike joins us right now. as you and i were talking about last hour, the priorities that are happening outside the theater of asia certainly are numerous, but then there are the issues of asia itself. you and i both know that there was a...
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the united states strongly supports these efforts because we believe the efforts are in our interest. last year, president obama appointed an ambassador, and the meeting in cambodia will mark his fourth meeting of the leader level with them. our goal is to strengthen them to promote regional stability and political and economic progress. the president's meeting with leaders reflects our commitment to the area including in trade, investment and energy. and also reflects his support for making the east asia summoned a forum for dealing with strategic security. apec provides a forum to deal economic matters, but there is virtually no venue to consult on political issues. the east asia summit can be that forum. we took a look at it. it required a yearly commitment of quite a bit of the president's time to travel to asia for this. as you can imagine, when you're talking about the president's time, there is a debate about whether this is worth the time. we reached the decision in this way. you are either all in or you're not with respect to the strategy. the president, as he said, is all in
the united states strongly supports these efforts because we believe the efforts are in our interest. last year, president obama appointed an ambassador, and the meeting in cambodia will mark his fourth meeting of the leader level with them. our goal is to strengthen them to promote regional stability and political and economic progress. the president's meeting with leaders reflects our commitment to the area including in trade, investment and energy. and also reflects his support for making...
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so i think the broad and variegated way in the which we in the united states engage with china on these issues is actually better than a designed, more top-down way. so government's engagement of the role you played when you were ambassador was constructive, but i also think that messiness of our civil society and different universities offering different models of engagement with china, american ngos, i think that tends to be very positive. as i said in my remarks, i also hope that it's more than just bilateral. i think the chinese benefit greatly from seeing that the europeans may do things in a different way or japanese in a third way, but i think the somewhat uncoordinated nature of how we do things is actually both beneficial by offering a lot of different examples, and also demonstrating in the doing one of the values, that we're not an entirely top-down society, that ideas germinate from many different sources. >> jerry, your views on dexterity and coordination. >> well, we've heard plugs for harvard's program and for yale's. i don't want to be deficient in mentioning -- [laughte
so i think the broad and variegated way in the which we in the united states engage with china on these issues is actually better than a designed, more top-down way. so government's engagement of the role you played when you were ambassador was constructive, but i also think that messiness of our civil society and different universities offering different models of engagement with china, american ngos, i think that tends to be very positive. as i said in my remarks, i also hope that it's more...
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mission in pakistan and nick ray gray, and final position was the liaison to the ambassador of the united nations and received as a state department fellow on the staff of senator biden's foreign relations committee. in march, 2008 joined lugar's staff seen your professional staff member as committee expert on u.s. public diplomacy. last, but not least, p.j. crowley, served in 2009 and assistant secretary, spokesman of the department of state until march 20 # 11, at global communications here at gw, and in the clinton administration, special assistant to the president of the united states for national security affairs on the staff of national security council and served as principle deputy assistant for public affairs, spent 26 years in the air force retiring as colonel in september 1999. okay. i want to get us started by going back four years, and the inauguration of barack obama, and a lot was made at the time about how, at least on one side of the aisle at least, that barack obama was a walking, talking example of public diplomacy in action, and he was going to change america's percept
mission in pakistan and nick ray gray, and final position was the liaison to the ambassador of the united nations and received as a state department fellow on the staff of senator biden's foreign relations committee. in march, 2008 joined lugar's staff seen your professional staff member as committee expert on u.s. public diplomacy. last, but not least, p.j. crowley, served in 2009 and assistant secretary, spokesman of the department of state until march 20 # 11, at global communications here...
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to israel to the united states told erin burnett last night his country is now ready to launch this full-scale ground attack. >> we hope that the fighting will not escalate. we hope that hamas will stop shooting at us. but at the end of the day we have to take all legitimate and necessary measures to protect our citizens. and if that includes ground action, it might have to include ground action, yes. >> arwa damon is live this morning from gaza city. she's got some new information here as far as attacks there. arwa, what do you know? what are you seeing? >> we're just getting information right now, brooke, because we heard and saw a loud explosion over in that direction. saw a massive plume of black smoke rising. initial information is that that was the house that belonged to a senior hamas commander, perhaps senior hamas official. initial reports are perhaps that the family was warned by the israelis to evacuate. on some occasions they do do that. they will warn people in the area before a strike is about to occur. we do not have any reports of casualties just yet. this most certa
to israel to the united states told erin burnett last night his country is now ready to launch this full-scale ground attack. >> we hope that the fighting will not escalate. we hope that hamas will stop shooting at us. but at the end of the day we have to take all legitimate and necessary measures to protect our citizens. and if that includes ground action, it might have to include ground action, yes. >> arwa damon is live this morning from gaza city. she's got some new information...
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states, as a player. >> when you look at the issue of nuclear proliferation, as well, ambassador, iran is a concern. but you look across the region and the extent to which you will have other nations, clearly attempting to obtain nuclear weapons as they watch the iranians go unchallenged. how hopeful are you that the obama administration will take any firm steps to stop the spread of nuclear weapons? >> i don't think they are. i think the odds now are that iran will get nuclear weapons and as secretary of state clinton herself has said, if iran gets nuclear weapon, saudi arabia will, egypt will, turkey and perhaps others. so i think thuation is headed downhill. and unfortunately, increasingly rapid rate. >> thank you both very much for being with us. next, crout caught -- charles krauthammer on why americans want conservative. he is a star and future of the g.o.p., who else can join the ranks of marco rubio >> welcome back to "hannity." tonight, the fallout from tuesday's election continues. if you listen to the narrative spun by the mainstream media in the wake of the barack obama vic
states, as a player. >> when you look at the issue of nuclear proliferation, as well, ambassador, iran is a concern. but you look across the region and the extent to which you will have other nations, clearly attempting to obtain nuclear weapons as they watch the iranians go unchallenged. how hopeful are you that the obama administration will take any firm steps to stop the spread of nuclear weapons? >> i don't think they are. i think the odds now are that iran will get nuclear...
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states and korea. helped to establish asia -- with japan monogo ya, and vietnam on important bilateral issues. in 1992, to 1993, dr. solomon serves as a u.s. ambassador to the fill philippines he coordinated the close sure of the -- dr. solomon previously served as director l policy planning at the department of state and senior staff member of the national security counsel in 1995 he was awarded the state department foreign affairs award for public service and he is received awards for policy initiative from the government of korea and tie land in 2005, he received the american political science association hubert h. hum fee career award for notable service. he started his career as a professor of legal service at the university of michigan and also serves as the head of the political science department. he holgtd a ph.d. of the specialization of chinese politics from m.i.t. to my far light is winston lawyered. he serves a a for president bill clinton. he mostly recented received a co-chairman of the
states and korea. helped to establish asia -- with japan monogo ya, and vietnam on important bilateral issues. in 1992, to 1993, dr. solomon serves as a u.s. ambassador to the fill philippines he coordinated the close sure of the -- dr. solomon previously served as director l policy planning at the department of state and senior staff member of the national security counsel in 1995 he was awarded the state department foreign affairs award for public service and he is received awards for policy...
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i can tell you we are making all efforts, the united states government is making all efforts to track down those responsible. time is on our side. no stone is left unturned and we will find out who is responsible and brought to justice. >> congressman james landevin. thank you so much. >>> still ahead, tragedy averted at a movie theater showing a new twilight movie, what police say a 20-year-old was planning. >>> congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle called white house negotiations on the fiscal cliff constructive. does that mean we may avoid it? not so fast. msnbc your place for politics. with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf gets great rewards for his small business! pizza! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve great rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? i've got
i can tell you we are making all efforts, the united states government is making all efforts to track down those responsible. time is on our side. no stone is left unturned and we will find out who is responsible and brought to justice. >> congressman james landevin. thank you so much. >>> still ahead, tragedy averted at a movie theater showing a new twilight movie, what police say a 20-year-old was planning. >>> congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle called...
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and very important new trading partner of the united states as a result of the entry of bilateral free-trade agreement. >> sorry about that. i will work on that. [laughter] >> the presentations were all excellent, but they sounded like u.s. interests with the northern hemisphere. there was no mention of brazil. actually, almost nothing about most of latin america, certainly, south of the equator. i wonder if you could lend some insight on the implications of the election for broader u.s. policy, including u.s. economic policy with the rest of latin america. >> sure. why do we get water to other questions. >> i think i need to be more skeptical than other people because we have heard a lot of similar statements in the past. my question to michael and peter and manuel will be, ok -- [inaudible] the recent polls that reelected president obama and in power what?os to do what custome this question is related to, what is the political capital that the latinos now have once president obama has been reelected and there won't be any more real elections? for the many problems that president obama is f
and very important new trading partner of the united states as a result of the entry of bilateral free-trade agreement. >> sorry about that. i will work on that. [laughter] >> the presentations were all excellent, but they sounded like u.s. interests with the northern hemisphere. there was no mention of brazil. actually, almost nothing about most of latin america, certainly, south of the equator. i wonder if you could lend some insight on the implications of the election for broader...
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states to the official american advisers and diplomats and also has lifted the u.s. pakistan relationship during what was an exceedingly difficult and trying time which is no reflection on him but a reflection on something much broader than that. so the question that i have for you, ambassador munter, is how americans understand pakistan? so often pakistan is at the top of the list of failing states, nearly field states, it is a country where we have a litany of problems, internal dynamics often look very troubling certainly from the outside. what direction as pakistan moving from your observation is it in fact failing or failed and how worried should we be about that as you look at it from your perspective having spent some time on the ground. >> thanks for the opportunity to speak about this and i will try to be brief with just a couple of points. one of the problems isn't just the of objective reality but the problem is what are the faults in the pakistani democracy which is a democracy even if it is distorted and what are the problems with its leaders? the main p
states to the official american advisers and diplomats and also has lifted the u.s. pakistan relationship during what was an exceedingly difficult and trying time which is no reflection on him but a reflection on something much broader than that. so the question that i have for you, ambassador munter, is how americans understand pakistan? so often pakistan is at the top of the list of failing states, nearly field states, it is a country where we have a litany of problems, internal dynamics...
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ambassador susan rice miss led the nation about the attack on the united states consulate in libya. looking at one of last news item from politico, congressman alan west, if republican, has conceded florida's 18th district. this in a statement to politico -- the republican had been challenging the vote counting process and st. lucie county. we were watching to see how that was resolved. allen west conceding that race. thank you for all of your calls. on thursday morning, one of our first segment at 7:45 will be speaking to a professor at the university of maryland. there will give some insight into the current situation in the middle east. that is all for this segment. coming up next, we will look to the effort to rebuild and fix up the damage in the wake of hurricane sandy. the wall street journal's andrew grossman will join us for that. thomas ricks will be here to talk about that. we will be right back. ♪ >> , there are many people who might take issue with a grand setting the union during the civil war. did not lay gannett do that? he did. i will not a grant was the only perso
ambassador susan rice miss led the nation about the attack on the united states consulate in libya. looking at one of last news item from politico, congressman alan west, if republican, has conceded florida's 18th district. this in a statement to politico -- the republican had been challenging the vote counting process and st. lucie county. we were watching to see how that was resolved. allen west conceding that race. thank you for all of your calls. on thursday morning, one of our first...
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here's the ambassador to the united states, michael orton. >> our problem is not our border with gaza, but other countries' boards with gaza -- borders with gaza and arms that come from iran through sudan. among the rockets being fired at us are those which come directly from iran. we know that hamas terrorists have trained with the iranians. there's a strong connection. >> reporter: in the few years, jenna, hamas has been stockpiling these rockets with the help of iran. hamas and hezbollah to the north in lebanon have become proxy groups for iran. israel has long known that if it participates in a strike on iran's nuclear program, that iran will use hamas and hezbollah to fire rockets into israel. in a way israeli officials believe they will have to deal with the rockets from gaza sooner or later, and it's likely they will send in ground forces so these longer-range rockets will not be able to strike israel down the road. jenna: we've mentioned the ground forces are there, they're at the ready for that one order to cross over and begin this ground operation, but where does the pentag
here's the ambassador to the united states, michael orton. >> our problem is not our border with gaza, but other countries' boards with gaza -- borders with gaza and arms that come from iran through sudan. among the rockets being fired at us are those which come directly from iran. we know that hamas terrorists have trained with the iranians. there's a strong connection. >> reporter: in the few years, jenna, hamas has been stockpiling these rockets with the help of iran. hamas and...
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either in the united states or latin america. depending on how the u.s. economy goes. and peter mentioned romney's proposal but it was unclear what that meant and what the details were. it sounded appealing and nice but very hard issues that underline that. and if the u.s. is prepared to take the steps domestically for u.s. industries to make that happen, i don't see that right now. the that could change depending on the economy. >> that is the complaint of the campaign. they don't make proposals are give the details. >> with many respects i think there we're renewed details to what romney suggested on the trade issue with latin america but how many details were there that anybody suggested? i think it was interesting raising of the issue also barred the american energy integration absent from the obama campaign. but michael is right to, there does not seem to be much eagerness with economic relations except mexico or canada. i recall the first choice for obama's trade representative and 2009 decided not to take the job because he did not think anything would happen on
either in the united states or latin america. depending on how the u.s. economy goes. and peter mentioned romney's proposal but it was unclear what that meant and what the details were. it sounded appealing and nice but very hard issues that underline that. and if the u.s. is prepared to take the steps domestically for u.s. industries to make that happen, i don't see that right now. the that could change depending on the economy. >> that is the complaint of the campaign. they don't make...
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ambassador to the united nations who is rumored as a candidate to become secretary of state. john mccain and lindsey graham said they will do everything in their power to block her confirmati confirmation. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> we haven't seen the president like that in a while. >> testy. defiant. kind of his make my day moment. go after her, make my day. i mean, in a way, and you could look at this two ways politically. you could say, okay, did he do that because now he's going to nominate her to be secretary of state when hillary clinton leaves or did he do it to get it on the record so when he nominates something else like john kerry, he is on the record saying you didn't cow me t not elect her. >> an unprecedented var eed shae vote being nonw
ambassador to the united nations who is rumored as a candidate to become secretary of state. john mccain and lindsey graham said they will do everything in their power to block her confirmati confirmation. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on...
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ambassador michael oren, the israeli ambassador to the united states, says all of the pan planning is done now for any possible ground action. they are ready to go in israel. the israeli armed forces, the u.s. has been briefed about it. if it comes to it, they are now done with the planning and completely ready to go. but ambassador oren does very importantly go on to say, and i quote, we would like to avoid ground action. oren saying they still want to get some sort of solution to all of this, get hamas to agree to stop firing those rockets. if it doesn't happen, though, they are ready to go now, wolf. >> barbara, where do the israelis think the weapons are coming from, the weapons in gaza, the rockets, the missiles? >> reporter: well, this is a very important question, of course, because now hamas is firing in large groups, 15 rockets at a time, up to that many. iran has been a longstanding source of weaponry. but what we have now just been told is the weapons are also coming in from libya. since gadhafi fell, of course, very little government control in libya over those weapons. an
ambassador michael oren, the israeli ambassador to the united states, says all of the pan planning is done now for any possible ground action. they are ready to go in israel. the israeli armed forces, the u.s. has been briefed about it. if it comes to it, they are now done with the planning and completely ready to go. but ambassador oren does very importantly go on to say, and i quote, we would like to avoid ground action. oren saying they still want to get some sort of solution to all of this,...
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she's a brilliant woman, engaged in tough negotiations on behalf of the united states. when you look at what she has done with regard to enhanced sanctions against north korea and iran, she's done an amazing job as ambassador. so there's no reason to question her intelligence, her experience and her credibility. she has done a great job and continues to look out in terms of the -- for the united states' best interest in terms of our national security interests. >> dianne feinstein referred to what's going on as character assassination. why do you think that she's gotten herself caught in this? why do you think that some of the republicans on the hill are blaming her for what happened in benghazi or the way it was presented? >> i don't think, andrea, she's gotten herself caught in anything. as i said, she has done her job and she is doing her job. there's some terrible -- >> i guess what i'm trying to ask is, why do you think they're going after her? >> well, first of all, she was confirmed in 2009, when she was brought forward as our united nations representative. so i
she's a brilliant woman, engaged in tough negotiations on behalf of the united states. when you look at what she has done with regard to enhanced sanctions against north korea and iran, she's done an amazing job as ambassador. so there's no reason to question her intelligence, her experience and her credibility. she has done a great job and continues to look out in terms of the -- for the united states' best interest in terms of our national security interests. >> dianne feinstein...
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ambassador to the united nations, susan rice, to secretary of state. it feels like on the domestic front we have a fiscal cliff and we're going to work things out, but there's still a lot of kind of opposition and you can hear in mccain's voice a dislike for where the president is heading. what does the republican party do now? cut deals? where do they go? we know where they went after 2008. they unified against obama. it worked for them in 2010. why did it not work in 2012? >> i think both sides will have to consolidate their bases. find out how much leeway each side has. and then they can come to the table and say, all right, can we raise rates or raise are revenue a little bit. can we cut -- how much can we cut entitlements? how much will the two sides be able to give and i think though you see in john boehner and in president obama two people who are willing to work together if they can get the wings, the fringe wings of either side to kind of get onboard and come together. >> you know, one thing i would note just as it relates -- first of all, sus
ambassador to the united nations, susan rice, to secretary of state. it feels like on the domestic front we have a fiscal cliff and we're going to work things out, but there's still a lot of kind of opposition and you can hear in mccain's voice a dislike for where the president is heading. what does the republican party do now? cut deals? where do they go? we know where they went after 2008. they unified against obama. it worked for them in 2010. why did it not work in 2012? >> i think...
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>> i think it's been made clear that the united states believes in a two state solution, but that the path through the general assembly is not the way to go. ambassador rice made that point very clear in her explanation yesterday and the american position is that we would like to see movement forward. the general assembly is the the wrong place. >> before being secretary of state, you were the ambassador to the u.n. and you've raised this issue in the past. is the u.n. losing its efficacy, is there a better way going forward to address some of these key issues? >> well, i believe in the u.n. and the security council and what has been interesting is the number of resolutions that have been taken, but ultimately what needs to happen is cooperation i think with a regional organization and one looks at what the tools are for doing something. so nato is a very important part they are in all these activities. so from their vantage point of a professor at this time, i think it is interesting to kind of look at what the tools that are available. but the united nations is the voice of the inte
>> i think it's been made clear that the united states believes in a two state solution, but that the path through the general assembly is not the way to go. ambassador rice made that point very clear in her explanation yesterday and the american position is that we would like to see movement forward. the general assembly is the the wrong place. >> before being secretary of state, you were the ambassador to the u.n. and you've raised this issue in the past. is the u.n. losing its...
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ambassador to the united nations john negroponte. senator joe biden's foreign relations committee. he joined senator richard lugar where he served as the expert. p.j. crowley served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs in 2009. the assistant secretary and spokesman of the department of state until march 2011. he's currently a fellow at the institute for public politick -- public policy here at gw. special assistant to the president of united states for national-security affairs, staff of the national security council, principal deputy for public affairs. air force, retired with rank of colonel in september 2009. i want to get started going back four years. the inauguration of barack obama. a lot was made at the time about how, at least on one side of the aisle, barack obama was a walking, talking example of public diplomacy in action. he was going to change america's perception in the world, and to all these wonderful things like clothes guantanamo bay and and torture. he went out -- close guantanamo bay and end torture. four years later, opinion of america and things
ambassador to the united nations john negroponte. senator joe biden's foreign relations committee. he joined senator richard lugar where he served as the expert. p.j. crowley served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs in 2009. the assistant secretary and spokesman of the department of state until march 2011. he's currently a fellow at the institute for public politick -- public policy here at gw. special assistant to the president of united states for national-security affairs,...
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power, to the united states, what was just done it our ambassador in libya. are there prospects for democratic, pluralistic regimes after assad, and do we have a role in a post-assad transition, or would we will putting our people in harm's way by trying to do that. when it comes to other cases in the arab spring, jocelyn might want to correct me, but it looks like we have a president from the muslim brotherhood establishing a very strong executive authority, and there are questions whether we should be giving them foreign aid. in bahrain, for example, there's a non-nato ally with a record of progressive reform still attempting to significant support especially from international human rights organizations so how much reform do we ask the regime to engage in or how much plays into the hands of anti-democratic forces in bahrain? finally, when we come to the gulf, and i testify from this from many trips to the gulf, we need to decide what kind of relationships we're going to have with the members of the gulf cooperation council, who has security issues that the
power, to the united states, what was just done it our ambassador in libya. are there prospects for democratic, pluralistic regimes after assad, and do we have a role in a post-assad transition, or would we will putting our people in harm's way by trying to do that. when it comes to other cases in the arab spring, jocelyn might want to correct me, but it looks like we have a president from the muslim brotherhood establishing a very strong executive authority, and there are questions whether we...
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terrorists, enemies of the united states to take action and attack the benghazi facility. they came there to do that. but, it wasn't something that was preplanned. and there weren't only terrorists, but many opportunists, thieves, simply there to take what they could, and take it back home with them. that's the difference. and look, i just want to say that general petraeus gave us this information. he told us, with the caveat that this was information, we did not get, as we say, the video information until about two weeks later. that really clarified a lot of things for everyone in the intelligence community. >> i want do you listen to your colleague and the chairman of the committee, he came out of the briefing and talked about the talking points and what susan rice said, listen to how he characterized what he learned. >> the original talking points were much more specific about al qaeda involve. and the final ones just said indications of extremists, and no one knows exactly who came up with the final version of the talking points, other than to say they were prepared by
terrorists, enemies of the united states to take action and attack the benghazi facility. they came there to do that. but, it wasn't something that was preplanned. and there weren't only terrorists, but many opportunists, thieves, simply there to take what they could, and take it back home with them. that's the difference. and look, i just want to say that general petraeus gave us this information. he told us, with the caveat that this was information, we did not get, as we say, the video...
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states when he is funding a terrorist organization that the united states condemns as a major state sponsor of terror. >> sensitive times for sure. former u.s. ambassador marc ginsberg. why are political opponents of health care making it happen? a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. >>> in a move that may leave you scratching your head. republican governors who were the biggest opponents of the law have decided to let the federal government run their state exchange
states when he is funding a terrorist organization that the united states condemns as a major state sponsor of terror. >> sensitive times for sure. former u.s. ambassador marc ginsberg. why are political opponents of health care making it happen? a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than...
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states and korea, helped established apec, and led the u.s. negotiations with japan come and go yet, and vietnam's. in 1992 to 1993 he served as u.s. ambassador to the philippines where he developed a new framework for security cooperation. but a salomon served as director of policy and planning at the department of state. in 1995 he was awarded the state department of foreign affairs award public service. it to thousand five he received the american political science association's hubert h. humphrey career award ford notable public service by political scientist. dr. solomon started his career as a professor of political science at university of michigan and serve as the head of the political science department at the rand corporation. he holds a phd with a specialization in china of six from mit. to my far right is winston lord. he served as the assistant secretary of state from 1993 to 1997. he has most recently served as a coat-chairman of the international rescue committee helps refugees abroad and resells them in the united states. he ha
states and korea, helped established apec, and led the u.s. negotiations with japan come and go yet, and vietnam's. in 1992 to 1993 he served as u.s. ambassador to the philippines where he developed a new framework for security cooperation. but a salomon served as director of policy and planning at the department of state. in 1995 he was awarded the state department of foreign affairs award public service. it to thousand five he received the american political science association's hubert h....
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and we feel that united states gets this, that that's the key to conquering extremism? not just with guns but with books. >> the u.s. has tried, and i think ambassador jawad will agree, there's been both in afghanistan and pakistan, but, you know, it's a question of resources. of course, the boys out to be the bigger picture. but given that the resources are going to be limited come and it's not going to be a trillion, you know, billion dollars every month or whatever the expense is, people are going to say okay, th the war switches off, e not going to put billion a month in education. that's not going to happen. one of the great sort of support in this country for ending the wars is let's do something here, let's not be spending resource. so given the limited nature of the practical amounts of money available, my sense is that yes, of course you educate the voice is good because they understand why it's important to educate the girls. but the fact is if you educate a girl and she goes through, she is tomorrow's mother u.s. other -- south asia, at least india-pakistan,
and we feel that united states gets this, that that's the key to conquering extremism? not just with guns but with books. >> the u.s. has tried, and i think ambassador jawad will agree, there's been both in afghanistan and pakistan, but, you know, it's a question of resources. of course, the boys out to be the bigger picture. but given that the resources are going to be limited come and it's not going to be a trillion, you know, billion dollars every month or whatever the expense is,...
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ambassador. >> and the president of the united states and his press secretary said the same thing. >> yeah. >> why susan rice? katty kay, we're in for a heck of a bruising fight. do you agree with us that the republicans will be playing into david plouffe and david axelrod's hands here? >> yes, and that's exactly what the white house is realizing. on the merits of it, if john mccain was indignant about what happened in benghazi, the person he should've called out was the secretary of state. and so, presumably, the person he should be saying was unfit for office if there was anyone he was going to call out would be at the top of the state department. that's not what susan rice's job was to deal with security in bengha benghazi. >> you all can defend susan rice, but i can't. seriously. >> still ahead, we'll be talking to the "washington post's" eugene robinson. also, author nate silver will be here. >> that'll be fun. >> i'm not going to ask for an apology. >> who's the guyen o the right? >> this guy on the right. >> handsome devil. >> he is. senior adviser to open society foundation mo
ambassador. >> and the president of the united states and his press secretary said the same thing. >> yeah. >> why susan rice? katty kay, we're in for a heck of a bruising fight. do you agree with us that the republicans will be playing into david plouffe and david axelrod's hands here? >> yes, and that's exactly what the white house is realizing. on the merits of it, if john mccain was indignant about what happened in benghazi, the person he should've called out was the...
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. >> democrats and republicans optimistic they can prevent the united states from going over the fiscal cliff. the massive tax hikes and spending cuts slated to start in january. the president hosts the leader yesterday. the main issues remain. the president wants tax cuts for the middle class while the gop insists the tax rate not be raised. >> can't save the country until you have titlement program that fit the changing america. >> i think it would be good if we did something in the four trillon dollar category of deficit reduction which is similar to the grand bargin that was discussed last year. >> republicans say tax and titlement reform programs to complex to finish this year but they hope to have an agreement by thanksgiving. >>> if no deal is reached though the impact of the five hundred billion dollar fiscal cliff would be widespread. for example, all tax cuts that took effect a decade ago would end. the six hundred billion dollar defense budget would be slashed by 10% and domestic programs would be reduced by $55 billion. >> california posted stronger than expected job gaines
. >> democrats and republicans optimistic they can prevent the united states from going over the fiscal cliff. the massive tax hikes and spending cuts slated to start in january. the president hosts the leader yesterday. the main issues remain. the president wants tax cuts for the middle class while the gop insists the tax rate not be raised. >> can't save the country until you have titlement program that fit the changing america. >> i think it would be good if we did...
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most recently she advise the president that the united states should go into libya on the side of the rebels. susan rice has more than earned every office and every honor she has received, striving for and achieving top honors in high school academics here in washington as a phi beta kappa graduate of stanford university, as a rhodes scholar, as a ph.d. from oxford, and as a brilliant, tough-minded diplomat. we do not attend to stand by while ambassador rice, who had nothing to do with the tragic benghazi attack or its aftermath, it is made the scapegoat of the tragedy because she relate to the public the only official intelligence that was available to the administration at the time. the rush to judgment against the ambassador is particularly unprofessional and reckless considering that the intelligence irrefutably documents her public remarks. we will not allow a brilliant public servant's record to be mugged to cut off her consideration to become secretary of state. i very much appreciate being able to speak for susan rice. >> we have been honored to hear from a senior member of ou
most recently she advise the president that the united states should go into libya on the side of the rebels. susan rice has more than earned every office and every honor she has received, striving for and achieving top honors in high school academics here in washington as a phi beta kappa graduate of stanford university, as a rhodes scholar, as a ph.d. from oxford, and as a brilliant, tough-minded diplomat. we do not attend to stand by while ambassador rice, who had nothing to do with the...